cdc interface function read

[tom3]

Hello

I want to use the function "int read(unsigned char data[], REFERENCE_PARAM(unsigned, count));" to read some data over usb. I took the function from "interface usb_cdc_interface " in the xud_cdc.h from an00184.

I want to use it like this : cdc.read..... But unfortunately , i don´t know what parameters are expected in unsigned char data[]. Is it the array where the data that has been read must be stored, or is it something else? And what does reference_param mean.... ?


I will be grateful if someone could explain how this function works. In an00184 there are no explanations and i didn´t see any examples where this function is used like : cdc.read....

Thank you

Regards

[Ross]

The REFERENCE_PARAM() macro just assists with the different pass by reference syntax of XC and pointers in C.

from xcccompat.h:

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/**
 * Macro that expands to a reference to the specified type when used in
 * an XC source file and to a pointer to the specified type when used in
 * a C/C++ source file.
 */
#ifdef __XC__
#define REFERENCE_PARAM(type, name) type &name
#else
#define REFERENCE_PARAM(type, name) type *name
#endif

in xc you can just can use the function something like

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unsigned char buffer[10]
unsigned count;
cdc.read(buffer, count);

The number of bytes read will be stored in count.